Conferencing About 7 minutes – when you’re great at it At first, much longer Teach students how to get ready for a conference: Book pages marked for skill assessment Fluency check from those marked pages Comprehension check from those marked pages Journal opened to last page where teacher initials are found Conference goal sheet ready to record on Teacher goal/assessment sheet ready Student reads requested pages Teacher asks questions about what was read (Comprehension, reading strategies, literary terms, etc.) Teacher records information about student fluency and comprehension Teacher checks journal for assignment completion and correctness Teacher discusses journal work with student Teacher determines if flexible needs group is needed for student New goals developed and recorded both by teacher and student Teacher records additional assessment information on teacher assessment sheet Student returns to seat and begins new work If necessary, teacher helps student choose new book
About 7 minutes – when you’re great at it
At first, much longer
Teach students how to get ready for a conference:
Book pages marked for skill assessment
Fluency check from those marked pages
Comprehension check from those marked pages
Journal opened to last page where teacher initials are found
Conference goal sheet ready to record on
Teacher goal/assessment sheet ready
Student reads requested pages
Teacher asks questions about what was read
(Comprehension, reading strategies, literary terms, etc.)
Teacher records information about student fluency and comprehension
Teacher checks journal for assignment completion and correctness
Teacher discusses journal work with student
Teacher determines if flexible needs group is needed for student
New goals developed and recorded both by teacher and student
Teacher records additional assessment information on teacher assessment sheet
Student returns to seat and begins new work
If necessary, teacher helps student choose new book